A piece of artwork depicting a breakdancer is in place only a few hundred feet away from where 18-year-old Xavier Somerville fell to his death at the Avenue apartments in early September.

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It was intended to be a way to celebrate African-American culture in a prominent and public way.

But the tragic similarity between the sculpture of a young man break-dancing outside The Avenue apartments - and what happened just days after its installation at those very same apartments - has prompted its relocation, drawing mixed reaction from those in the community.

Some say it's the right and sensitive thing to do. Others say it's an overreaction and just another in a growing list of examples of the angst over provocative public art in Indianapolis. ...